Monogram device



Nov, 2 1924* R. E. TABOR ET AL MONOGRAM DEVICE Filed July 5, 1922 In, yen/6am. 3066/25 15. 72160;".

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Patented Nov 41, 1924.

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ROBERT E. TAJBOR AND FRANCIS D. AMIVIEIQ', OF ST. LOUIS, MISSDURI.

MONOGRAM DEVICE.

Application filed July 3, 1922. Serial No. 572,509.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT E. TABOR and FRANcIs D. AMMEN, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Monogram Device, of which the following is a speciiication.

It is a popular practice among owners of automobiles to have their monograms painted upon the door of the automobile. This requires the services of an artist also necessitates the removal of such a monogram if it is found on a second-hand car when the second-hand car is repurchased. The general object of the present invention is to provide simple and inexpensive means for producing a durable and artistic monogram of metal which will be of ornamental appearance, and which can be readily removed when desired.

Further objects of the invention will appear hereinafter. I

The invention consists in the novel features, and in the general combination of parts to be particularly described hereinafter, all of which contribute to produce a simple .and efiicient monogram device. A preferred embodiment of our invention will be particularly described in the following specification, while the broad .scope of our invention will the pointed out in the appended claims In the drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation showin a art of the upper portion of an auto-mo ile oor with the mono am device attached thereto; one end of this plate is shown with a coating; I

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the back-. plate of the monogram device, removed from the door and without any monogram letters attached to it;

Fi ure 7 is a cross-section. taken on the body of the plate outwardly in this way, a,

slight recess is formed on the inner side of the plate so that whenthe plate is fastened in position, a space or recess 5 is formed between the body of the plate and the face of the door.

I In order to provide for securing the letters of the monogram in position, we prefer to provide a plurality of slots such as the slots 6 and we prefer to arrange these slots in rows extending substantially parallel with the upper and lower edges of the plate. The plate is of greatest width at its middle point and is preferably of diamond shape substantially as illustrated. By providing these slots disposed inrows as described, it is possible for the same plate to used for securing any different letters in position. It is simply necessary to provide three types of letters, one type corresponding to the letter R, another, corresponding to the letter T, shown at the middle of the plate in Figure l, and another type corresponding to the shape of the letter E of the monogram.

The letters are preferably formed of sheet metal, stamped out with a die so that the elements of the letters, such as the staff 7 of the letter T, or any curved part, have a channel shape in cross-section such as illustrated in Figure 7, the channel or concave face 8 0f the element being disposed on the inner side of the letter. This gives the letter the appearance of a bevel edged letter.

The letters preferably carry the means for securing them in place, and this preferably consists of a flat spur, such as the spurs 9 indicated .on the letter R- in Figure 4 In forming the letter, these spurs are SlIIl ly stamped out and obviously, can be pr need in the same operation that produces the finished letter. In applying the letters to the plate, it is simply necessar to bend each spur down at its root untll it projects in a plane substantially at right with the slots 6 near the lower edge of the plate. However, the edges of the letters should hide the slots under them. The

spurs are then forced through the nearest slots and are crimped n the inside or otherwise secured to preve "t their removal.

The recess 5 afi'ords space to receive these spurs as well as giving the plate the appearance of being a thick, solid plate.

We prefer to secure the back-plate 1 in position by means of screws 10 which are placed in openings 11 at the ends of the back-plate, and these openings are preferably disposed at the intersection of the rows of slots.

While the slots 6 do 'not detract substantially from the ornamental appearance of the plate, if desired, we fill the slots with metallic composition, after i which, if the outer face of the plate is nickel plated or otherwise covered with a coat 12 (shown at the right end of Figure l), the slots between the letters will not be visible, and the face of the plate will look the same as that of a solid plate.

In practlce, the back-plate will be nickel or silver plated and the monogram letters gilded so, as toinsure that they will stand out and present acolor contrasting Well with the color of the back-plate.

. It is understood that the embodiment of v the invention described herein is only one of the many embodiments 0hr invention.

may take, and we do not wish to be limited in the practice ofour invention nor in our claims, to the particular embodiment set 'forth. a c

What, we claim is 1. In a monogram device to be fastened on the face of a support, the combination of a diamond shaped back-plate-having a row of slots extending along each edge thereof, a plurality of letters formed of sheet metal, the elements of the letters being ofchannel form with their concave side.

disposed toward the plate, said letters being will be parallel with the edges of said plate,

and so proportioned that when applied to the face of the plate, the upper edges of the letters will substantiall coincide with the slots extending near t e upper edges of the plate, and thelower edges of the letters will substantially coincide with the lines of slots adjacent the lower edges of the plate, the material of said letters having integral spurs bent at right angles to the plane of the body of the letters to lie flush with the edge thereof at the point of attachment and extendin through some of the slots and securing .t e letters on the face of said plate, the channel form of the elements of said letters 0 crating to stiffen the same and enable pro ecting portions of the letters remote from the spurs, to maintain themselves rigidl in a fixed position and substantially against the face of the plate.

2. In a monogram device to be fastened on the face of a support, the combination of a diamond shaped back-plate having a row of slots extending along each edge thereof, a plurality of letters of at least three different types for position, respectively, at the center andends of the plate, and so shaped that the lateral lines of projection of the letters of a monogram .will be parallel with the edges of said plate, and so proportionedthat when appliedto the face of the late, the upper edges of the letters will su stantially coincide with the slots extending near the upper edges of the plate, and the lower edges of the letters will substantially coincide with the line of slots adjacent the lower edges of the plate, means carried by the letters for securing the same in said slots, said plate having-openings at the ends thereof substantially" at the intersection of the rows of slots, to receive screws to secure the plate in position.

In testimon whereof, they have hereunto set their ands.

ROBERT E. TABOR. FRANCIS 1); AMMEN. 

